Relapsed infantile Blount's disease treated by hemiplateau elevation using the Ilizarove frame

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-571

  Jones, S ^a   Hosalkar, H S ^a   Hill, R A ^a   Hartley, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOUNT DISEASE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CHILD; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037764865     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B4.13602     Document Type: Article

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